Gday bruce

I'm in ubud for the next few days. Can't put pics up at the moment because I don't have anywhere to transfer them. Staying in a little villa in a complex of 8 ran by an old Dutch guy who walks like he is busting for a wee. My next door neighbour is a 62 year old Aussie hippie called Bruce who only wears a saarong. He is pretty cool but man we have had some conversations. We are debating the idea of Chi at the moment. I also told him that all his hippy organic ways and attempt to change the planet ( he is a soil scientist ) is doomed to failure due to 1/100 of the population suffering from cynical psychopathy and the likelyhood that this percentage of the population gain an abnormally high social standing ( in politics and business ) his head nearly exploded contemplating the implications. Hippies. He also informed me he is dyslexic but he keeps telling me he can stalk a fox. Not too sure that's a transferable skill that would impress an employer.
I went to lake bratan and lovinia on the led. Met a nice policeman ( which makes a change ) and chilled out with them for a bit so he could practice his English. He absolutely loved it. Nice guy. I then got up at 1.30 in the morning to climb a volcano in the dark. It killed me, it really did. On the way up I thought my heart was going to explode and on the way down I thought my knee was going to implode. Nice view, but was it worth it? No way!!!!
I have also got through January to this point without swearing. Can you believe that? And after the volcano this morning I'm packing in fags just before the flight home. Joe won't know what hit him.

I've been here a while now. The surroundings are beautiful. Some of the shanti towns remind me of morroco though, but the locals are awesome. Hindu not Muslim eh. I've seen quite a few beaches and I can honestly say, whilst they are lovely and the water is warm, I think north Cornwall is better. Its impossible to take a really nice photo without some eyesore or a bit of litter. But having said that, the food is great, the people are great, rice paddies, bannana plants and coconut trees are great, and bintang is amazing. Ian, my new plan is to open a Balinese coffee shop and restaurant in Cornwall. And after reading Ron Jonson's checklist for a psychopath, I think you may be right, I'm a little bit bipolar.

Matt out.